Smoker&#39;s pipe.



G. C. HUPKINS.

' SMOKERS PIPE.

APPLlcATloN msn APR. s. |914.

Patente Apr. .20, 1915.

nonce c. Vliterarias, or wINNsBondrnxAs.

SMOKERS. PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' ratenteaapr; 2o, 1915i appnauon ined April s, 1914, serial No.s301446.

To all whom t'may concern: l Y

Be it known that l, Grenen C. HOPKINS', citizen of. the United States,residing at Winnsboro, in the county of TWood and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Smokers Pipes, of

which the following isa speciication.

This 'invention relates totobacco pipes,

and has for its object to provide an article of this character soconstructed that it may -the draft thro ugh the pipe will not beimpaired through leakage of air between the adjacent sections of thepipe into the duct formed 'in the stem thereof. Anda stlll furtherobject of the invention is to providea pipe composed of few and simpleparts whiclrmaybe readilyassembled or disassenibled.` I-

W ith these and other objects in View, my

invention will be more fully described, il-.

lustrated in the accompanying drawings and then specificallypointed outin the claim which is attached to and forms a part of this application.

' In tledrawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved pipeshowing the parts thereof assembled. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview, one section/forming the body portion of the pipe being shown .infull lines. Fig. E3 is a view similar to Fi"g.,2 showing the parts'detached .b ut in vproper relative position, and Fig. 4' 1s a detailperspective view showing the parts of the pipe detached but in properrelative position.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingIdescription and indi-4 cated in all thejviews' ofthe drawm'gsbyIv thevsame reference characters.'

Referring more particularly to the drawings the body-portion 10ofniyimproved pipe includesl the mating sections 11 the base of the bowlof the pipe being indicated ai; -'lhe base 12 is preferably rounded andhas integrally formed thereon a stem 13 the stem being splitlongitudinally with the base, each section 14 of the base carrying aCorresponding portion 15 of the stem. The' a base 12 is centrallyrecessed as' at 1G and communicating with such recess is a duct 17formed 1n the stem.

The base 12 is provided adjacent its upper extremity with an annularshoulder 18 and is formed with a reduced extension 19 which is screwthreaded upon its outer face to receive the bowl 20. Thevbowl 2O ispro-Y vided at one extremity thereof with a longitudmally extendingperipheral ange 21 delining at theinner extremitygthereof an in- Gliternal annular shoulder 2,2, the iange 21 being internally screwthreaded to engage the reduced extension 19. As is best shown in Fig.'2of the drawings, the bowl 20 when positioned upon the base 12 forms byits inner walls a continuation of the inner walls of the head, theshoulder 22 seating against the upper extremity. of the reducedextension 19 and the flange 21 contacting at its free extremity with theshoulder 18. It will be noted that the bowl 20 when in position servesto etiectually clamp the sections of the head together.

The inner extremity of the stem 13 is screw threaded as at 23, the base12 being formed with a shoulder 24 at the inner extrcmity of saidthreaded portion. A barrel 25 'is disposed to receive the stem 13, saidbarrel. being internally screw threaded adjacent one extremity as at 26to engage the .threaded` extremity of the stem 13, the adjacent end ofthe barrel engaging against the shoulder 24 formed on the base.

The barrel 25 is reduced adjacent its outer extremity forming aninternalshoulder 27 disposed to contact with the adjacent end ofA thestem 13 in the assembled position of the barrel upon the stern. It willthus be noted that the barrel serves 'to firmly hold the sections ofAthe stem tightly together ndt only providing a rigid -st'ructurefbutalso making it impossible for air to gain entrancev to the duct ofthestem between the adjacent confronting faces of thel sections ci thestem. :The outer extremity of the barrel 25 is internally'screwthreadedasat 28 and is disposed to receive the externally` threadedv v reducedextension 290 the mouthieceSO,

said mouth-piece being formed wit la duct 31 communicating with the ductof the stem. It will be noted that when the mouth-piece is operatively'connected to tlie'barrel-,the

- free extremity of said reduced portion bearng against the adjacentextremity of? the lstem 13. A tight joint isvthus provided to maintain aperfect draft through the pipe.

v From the above description it will. be seen i that the parts of myimproved pipe `may be readily disassembled by removing the bowl 20, the,mouth-piece and the barrel 25, the sections 11 forming the body portionof the pipe being s'o constructed as to ,permit access to the interiorof the bowl of the pipe as well as to permit ready access to the ductformed in the stem. `Thus the pipe may be readily cleaned andaccordingly kept ina sanitary condition. If desired, a recess 33 may beformed in thel base of the bowl', the walls of such recess beingpreferably inclined downwardly and toward the stem, the recess beingdesigned to collect moisture flowingthrough the stem into the bowl ofthe pipe as well as to prevent nicotin from flowing from the bowl intothe stem Ato thence gain access to the mouth of the user.

Having thus 'described my invention what is claimed as new is: i

A pipe including a body portion having 'a recess formed therein, thesaid body portion being formed of mating sections each having onesection of a stem integrally formed thereon, the said sections of thestem being externally screw threaded adjacent the body portion andhaving. grooves formed therein disposed to coincide to provide a ductWithin the stem communicating with said recess', a

bowl detachably uniting the sections ofthe body-portion, an annularshoulder formed on the bodyl portion at thev inner extremities of thestem sections, a barrel surrounding the sections of the stem and beinginternally sc rew threaded adjacent one extremity to engage the threadsofthe stern sections witl the adjacent end of the barrel seating againstthe said annular shoulder, the opposite extremity of the barrel beingreduced to provide an internal annularzshoulder disposed to abut theouter extremities of the stem sections, the said reduced extremity,ofthe barrel being internally screw threaded, and a mouthpiece screwthreaded at one extremity.v and engaging the screw threads of there?duced extremity of the barrel, lwiththe-adjacent end of the mouthpieceabutting the outer ends of the stem sections. j.

In testimon whereof I aiiix my signature in presence o two witnesses. v

GEORGE C. HOPKINS. [n.s] Witnesses: e

G. A. Pnncoom WILL' C. ANDERSON.

